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Health Disparities Research Working Group | September 11, 2025—Jackson Musuuza, MD, PHD
The Health Disparities Research Working Group is delighted to welcome Jackson Musuuza, MD, PhD as our first presenter of the 2025-2026 academic year. Join us on Thursday, September 11 to learn about his current work:
Improving Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Outcomes: The Effect of Pre-admission Residence on Readmission Rates and Rural Delivery Challenges
About the Talk: Some life-threatening infections require prolonged intravenous antibiotics, which can be costly and increase the risk of hospital-acquired complications. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) offers a safer, cost-effective alternative, but it carries its own risks such as higher readmission rates and is very challenging for patients from rural or disadvantaged communities. Jackson will seek feedback from the group on a grant proposal aimed at optimizing OPAT delivery for rural patients to improve outcomes. He will also seek feedback on a proposed secondary analysis of UW Health data to assess how preadmission residence (high Area Deprivation Index areas vs. Skilled Nursing Facility) affects OPAT readmission rates.
Dr. Musuuza is a faculty member in the Division of Hospital Medicine within the UW Department of Medicine. His scholarly interests include implementation science, care transitions to non-acute settings, and infection prevention. He co-led a nationwide study on chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing in both ICU and non-ICU settings across five VA and three non-VA hospitals, which resulted in a CHG bathing toolkit at UW’s HIPxChange.
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